Wednesday, 27 May 2015

After hiking 4km in the drizzle and warm humidity across Lamma Island, we were grateful when we reached the end of the trail to a row of seafood restaurants. We decided to lunch at the popular Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, which seems to be a good safe option for a first-time visitor to the island. The restaurant has its own fleet of ferries to shuttle customers from Central and Tsim Sha Tsui to Lamma Island, and we used one of the Rainbow ferries to take us closer to home. The restaurant has a large dining area facing the waterfront, and since we arrived before the lunch crowd, we were given a table right by the water. The staff that served our table did not speak any English, but they were friendly and tried their best to help us with our queries (our boy's food allergies, ferry times etc). There was English on the menu, so ordering was easy, and there were a lot of dishes to choose from. The seafood was fresh, and each dish was prepared well. We left with a very full belly and packed home some leftovers.

The fish tanks of live seafood to beckon at passersby as they walk by the restaurant:

The dining area around 12pm (it was full by the time we left 1.5 hours later - see photo below):

The view from our table:

Spicy clams:

Juicy sweet Scallops with Brocolli:

Steamed Garlic Prawns. Simple but delicious:

The Rainbow Special Fried Rice:

Steamed Crab with Glutinous Rice. The shell was a pain, but the crab was so good, that it was well worth the effort:

This was how full the restaurant was by the time we finished our meal:

We had a good and enjoyable experience at Rainbow Seafood Restaurant. The food was reasonably priced, and I am tempted to peruse the free ferry shuttle to make visits to this restaurant a regular thing.

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I'm a Malaysian-born Chinese Australian currently living in the heart of Hong Kong with the hubby, our big boy, big girl and baby girl. I have lived in Australia, Japan (where big boy was born) and Hong Kong (where the girls were born), and I have an obsession with food - hence the name Expat Gourmand. I love cooking AND eating, and am constantly on the lookout for new recipes to try out and great places to eat at. My journal is about my encounters with food - full of recipes I've tried and reviews of restaurants I've eaten at - as well as miscellaneous entries on travelling and life in general.